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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 24, 1968
Page
1
Washington High School workers finished floor repairs from summer water damage and will apply sealer coats before adding boundary lines. The gym will be ready for use soon.
New York Governor Nelson Rockefeller urged Iowa Republicans to back GOP candidates and criticized Governor Harold Hughes. He praised State Sen. David Stanley on campaign issues and warned against complacency, noting Robert Ray leads Democrat Paul Franzenburg in Newton polls. Rockefeller called George Wallace’s third party bid a tragedy and urged unity to win a majority nationally.
UNICEF plans a Sunday community canvass in Washington on October 27 starting at 6:00 pm. Youth from church groups will cover homes in a two mile radius, with Junior High at Methodist Church and Senior High at First Presbyterian. Elementary children will collect at Sunday school with official cartons. Donations support medical care, nutrition, and education for children worldwide, with local chairman Dr Vernon Elgin and Iowa representative Mrs. Robert Day coordinating.
Appointment of administrator for the estate of Frank Lem and probate of will with executor appointment for C L Walker. Notice of application for franchise to erect an electrical transmission line. Minutes of the city council meeting.
United Press International reports the Nixon camp blocked Wallace's revival of a three way debate, saying the equal time rule cannot be bypassed. Wallace offered to withdraw for Nixon Humphrey talks if he could rebut for a half hour. Humphrey campaigned in Texas while Wallace faced protest at a Youngstown rally.
Partly cloudy through Friday with a chance of showers in the extreme east Friday. Cooler temperatures in the east and south, warmer in the east Friday. Tonight low 30 to 35, Friday high 60 to 65. Saturday outlook: partly cloudy with little temperature change.
Hundreds of riot police surrounded a burned building on the University of California campus, arresting 76 demonstrators including 26 girls after a pre-dawn seizure. One nonstudent, William Moore, was carried out with a back injury as protests and counter chants filled the scene. Governor Reagan, on a GOP tour, announced steps toward a positive course of action as the clash concluded.
The Washington Halloween celebration runs Saturday October 26 with a window painting contest at 1:30 p.m. by junior high and high school students, judged with a traveling trophy. A parade, costume trophies, entertainment, candy, and YMCA activities follow on Thursday October 31, with hay rides and free refreshments for students.
South Vietnam officials announce plans to release the largest batch of Communist captives of the war. Allied weekly battle deaths drop to a yearly low, while U S aircraft losses soar with seven planes and helicopters downed in 24 hours as Marines and South Vietnamese forces push into the DMZ on Wednesday.
Republican Richard Nixon began a one day motor tour of Central and Eastern Pennsylvania accusing Hubert Humphrey of peddling economic nonsense. He attacked Humphrey over proposed taxes and called Wallace’s TV debate bid unchanged for Nixon.
NASA acting chief Dr. Thomas Paine says Apollo 8’s fate will hinge on a high level review of Apollo 7’s flight tapes and Lt. Gen. Samuel Phillips recommendations. He stresses NASA will not rush a manned moon mission despite strong Apollo 7 results and notes budget worries as a possible pressure. December’s flight could reach moon orbit or stay in Earth orbit.
An intercepted memo circulated amid Washingtonians urges attention to UNICEF and related humanitarian concerns. The document stresses advocacy and public support as part of a broader civic appeal.
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